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Scarlet Heroes: The Saga of Riko Akane

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Zeth

Zeth

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Riko Akane stood in front of the Broken Keep. A former army base, long abandoned and now occupied by the Shou. A mix of goblins and orcs that plague travelers of the main road with banditry. Yes, the local lord put a bounty to clear the keep out of the Shou. But for Riko this was more about proving all those nay Sayers wrong, those that said she can't do anything on her own. Riko now stands outside the main entrance during the day. Their doesn't even seem to be a sentry guarding the gate.

Does she try to go in the front? Circle the building to find another way in? Sneak in?
 
Riko would recognize where she was, it was the Broken Keep. It was occupied by the Shou and her orders were to simply clear them out. Did the former base become a target of interest all of the sudden? Riko considered it an honor that she was sent to clear the place out. The Shou consisted of mostly Orcs and Goblins which for the most part should be a simple workout at most.

There was no lack of confidence on Riko's part as she would simply walk up to the gate and see what was inside. With her shield at the ready, the thought of an ambush was on her mind. It should not be anything that she was not able to deal with however as she still had the idea in her head that she was superior to these creatures. Why else would they only send her?

(Go through the front gate)
 
Upon entering the front gate, Riko would come into the court yard. It was what one expects a courtyard of a rundown keep to be. The door top the east went in towards the keep proper, while south was the stables. In the courtyard were two goblins roasting a rat over a spit for lunch. Upon seeing Riko they shout, "Intruder! She is here to steal our rat!" They draw spears and attack!

In Scarlet Heroes the player always goes first in combat. It is Riko's turn.
 
Fray dice = 4, Attack = 3(12)

Riko would instantly raise her shield upon spotting the pair of goblins that were lounging out in the courtyard. As they draw their spears, Riko brandishes her longsword in response while they charge forward to meet each other in combat. Riko would hesitate a bit and simply miss her first attempt at laying waste to the goblins. Riko would score a hit on one of them as the blows started to rain back and forth however and it would remain to be seen if the goblins had the resolve to stay in the fight against such a fearsome warrior as Riko.
 
One goblin is cut down instantly by Riko. The remaining goblin thrusts his spear at her, and it is deflected by her shield.

Roll to hit 15 A miss.
 
Fray die 4, Attack 1(10)

Riko would find her form as she recovered from the first swing. Slaying the first goblin and then eventually the second as she had to deflect away one serious attempt at hitting her with her shield. As she had thought, these things were no match for her and it would just be a matter of time before she had eradicated the whole keep. Maybe it would have been just a waste to send anyone else as Riko was starting to feel like she had this under control so far.

(Riko would move South toward the stables if the fight is done.)
 
With the goblins slain, there was not much else to do. Unless Rika stole the roasted rat they were making for lunch. So she headed south.

Rika waled into the stables. Give me a con based saving throw to not wretch from the stench of abandoned stables that have not been cleaned in years.
 
Check: 9

Riko would head south and after she had opened up the outside door to the stables, she would be confronted by an overwhelming sense of nausea as there was obviousl signs of the stables being abandoned for quite some time. The stench building over such a long time would cause Riko to recoil a bit in sheer disgust of the smell she had just been introduced to.
 
Check Passed.

Rika sees the stables have been used as a sort of Privy by the shou. There is nothing of value in this room. So back north it is. After returning to the courtyard Rika hears some kind of chanting coming from the keep proper to the east.
 
Keeping her mind and stomach in check as the smell washed over her, Riko could see that the stables had little of value in them. Choosing to simply move on as there was nothing of interest, Riko would head back to the courtyard. As there was only one other viable option available to her, Riko would start to head east into what she believed to be the keep proper. As she could hear some manner of chanting, Riko would have her shield at the ready hopefully able to deal with whatever was on the other side of the doors into the keep.
 
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Akane sees goblins gathered in the building. In the center is a witch Priestess chanting. She is tattooing another goblin member of the tribe as per custom. Ironically the Shou would look like handsome humans if they didn't insist on the ritual tattooing, scarring, and the like. When Akane enters the room shield up, everyone just stops what they are doing and look at her. The priestess yells,"Kill the human!"

Witch Priestess HD 3 AC 8 rolls +2 to hit Akane

Goblin x3 HD 1 AC 6 Rolls +1 to hit Akane
 
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What an awkward situation. Akane must have walked into some manner of profane ritual of some sort. Interrupting their dinner plans perhaps? None the less, nothing in the room was all too pleased to see her. Without much fanfare, A priestess yells to simply kill Akane which would prompt her to spring into action.

Fray 4, Attack 8(18)

With so many opponents, Akane would need to fight defensively. Only able to destroy one of the goblins as they simply charged forth recklessly finding the tip of her blade waiting. There was not enough of an opportunity otherwise to exploit any manner of opening as she attempted to work her way toward the priestess. Moving forward was one thing but getting into range of attacking the priestess was another matter entirely as all of her swings would end up being ineffective with the priestess simply dodging them with relative ease so far.
 
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The three goblins rush towards Akane with their spears and attack. She cuts one down easily enough. The Witch Priestess chants something dark. Suddenly a black bolt of inky black energy streaks towards our heroine. Luckily she dodged it. The two remaining goblins are blocking the path to the Priestess.

To hit rolls 18, 11, 17. All misses.
 
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With their formation clear, Akane would need to get through the goblins to get to the priestess now. Her opportunity to have a direct path toward the priestess lost as the battle lines were drawn. Now that she needed to be aware of what the priestess was doing along with trying to focus on the immediate threat of the goblins, Akane would find herself in a much less favorable position now that the Shou had organized themselves a bit better.

Fray 2, Attack 2(10)

Akane would again defeat one of the goblins. Slowly but surely she would hopefully trudge her way through the goblins and eventually get to go against the priestess again. With one goblin remaining, Akane figured that she was starting to swing the tide of battle into her favor once she had finished off the second goblin.
 
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The remaining warrior tries to strike Akane but can't get past her shield! With the second of her defenders slaughtered the witch priestess starts to panic. She begins chanting a magic spell. "Oh great god of the thunder and sky, strike down this filthy human wretch!" she said completing the spell. A bolt of lightning flies from her finger tips and hits Akane square in the chest!

To hit 19 Miss

Priestess castes Seven Small Thunders. It automatically hits and deals 6 Damage. Akane loses 2 hp!
 
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Akane: 7/9 HP

For the most part, Akane was adept at using her shield to repel attacks. The spells that the priestess were using were another matter entirely as there was nothing Akane could do to to avoid the shock from a lightning bolt crashing into her body. Maybe she should reconsider wearing metal armor in the future, but now she needed to focus on destroying the enemies in front of her.

Fray 5, Attack 15(25) Damage 6 (2 dice?)

Akane would finish off the final goblin fairly quickly and then she could focus on repaying the priestess for zapping her previously with the lightning bolt. Finding that the priestess was far less mobile now that she had cast a spell, Akane was able to land a fairly clean hit on the priestess though it did not seem like it was going to be enough to finish off her adversary.
 
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(Yes 2 dice. She has 1 left)

The priestess watched as her final defender fell. She tried to Parry Akane's sword with her staff and failed. The warrior cut deeply into her side. The Priestess swung her staff at Akane, but it was a wild swing that missed.

to hit 17. miss.
 
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Akane would grin as her sword struck true. The grin would almost widen a bit as the priestess started to engage in close combat. Taking away the advantage that a spellcaster would have and fighting on Akane's terms was a big deal. It meant that she likely had a large advantage.

Attack 3(13)

With the duel raging on between them now it was a matter of exploiting an opening that she could find in the priestess' defenses. It was not going to be as easy as Akane thought though as the priestess would be able to keep up with Akane and expertly dodge the attacks that Akane had on offer so far.
 
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The Priestess growled at Akane's smug look and swung her staff again. "My husband, the lord of this keep will wipe that smug look off your face you human wench," she threatened.

rolling 1d20+6
(8)+6 = 14
 
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"Oh? A shame you won't be alive to see it then." Akane would state as she finally found her opening. The priestess hesitated just an ever so slight bit as she spoke and it would end up causing her downfall.

Attack 11(21) Damage 5

Akane would land her killing blow rather unceremoniously as she found that the priestess was simply wanting in the way of being a worthy opponent. Though it was good to know that there might just be a worthy enough opponent for her in the priestess' husband. Maybe cleaning this place out of the Shou filth that inhabited it would be worth her while afterall.

Akane would try to take the time to see what may be of interest or value to her in the room before attempting to either rest a bit and recover or simply move on through to the next area beyond this entry way into the keep.
 
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After a fight, a hero may bandage themselves and rest a moment to regain a flat 2 hp. If Akane does this, you must specifically stater that.
 
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Akane would have the adrenaline rush of battle subside now that she stood over the defeated priestess. It was probably best for her to simply rest a bit and recover now as well. The last thing she would want to do was to over exert herself and get beaten.. or worse killed because she had wasted all her energy. Akane would find a good spot to lounge out and look to dress the minor burns that she had taken from the lightning bolt the priestess had caused her.

(Rest, bandage up and move on once she was done resting)
 
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There is a door north, a door west, and a door east. The faded sign on the west door said to the barracks. You have no real clue about the other two. The room was empty except for the goblins and their profane ritual implements.
 
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Akane would recover and then look about the room. Finding nothing of interest she would then head off to the West. If there were more vermin to eradicate, the barracks would be the place to find them Akane thought. Once she was done clearing out the barracks then she could worry about the other two options.

(Head west to the barracks)
 
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The west opens into what looks to be the armory for equipment of soldiers. There are some training dummies and such here as well. The open door to the west leads to the actual bunks and such while the door north leads to a kitchen. Since the keep is abandoned and now populated by goblin squatters, the only equipment not taken by the goblins is broken and unused and collecting dust. How ever there is a large sea chest that looks to be in use recently. From the kitchen your can smell something cooking. From the bunks to the west their is only silence.
 
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